Counting mechanism



Nov. 1 1927. 1,647,143

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This invention `relatesto counting mecha*` nisms, and is especially concernedwith the automatic counting.. of the lapsvprolduced by a 'la-pwinding machine.

`Asis well understood bycthosei familiar with cotton mill machinery, a lap 'winding machine takes several." sheets of carded cotton each woundy in a roll unwindsjthenn` withA the sheetsF superposed, draws out the fibres .of `theisuperposed sheets, andl `produces Vanother sheet` having a` thickness predetermined by the Csetting off the imachinel and which is more uniform in structure than the.

origihalsheets. Thesheetoii cotton so produced is wound automatically on a spindle or rod, and the completed roll is known asy a lap. The present commercial lap winding machines include` mechanism that automatically stops the machine when a predetermined number of yards of material have been wound on the spindle, thus completing a lap. The machine attendant then removes the lap, withdraws the spindle from it, re.- places the spindle in the machine, and starts the machine into Voperation again.

It is desirable for many purposes,. as for instance where the 'machine attendantsy are paid on a piece-work basis, to keep a record of the out-put of each machine. Accordingly, it is an important object of the present invention to devise a mechanismV which will automatically count the laps produced by a lap winding machine.

which will be simple in construction, reliable in operation, and economical to manufacture. It is also an object of` thel invention to combine a counting mechanism with the automaticstop mechanism of a lap winding machine.

The nature of the invention will be readily understood from the following description when read in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the novel features will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

ln the drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion v of the well known Saco-Lowell lap winding machine equipped `with" a mechanism embodying the present invention; and

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1.

As above stated, the drawings showV the invention applied to the` Saco-Lowell `lap The invention also, aims to devisea mechanism of this `character windingmachine, and only so much of this machine has been shown vas iis necessary to an understanding ont this invention@ lngthe drawings, 2 designatesthe V mains calendar rollshatt, and wormtixedto` this shaft andfmcshi'ngwith a? worm wheel et fast ona horizontal shaft that' extends .at rightangles to the shaft At its opposite end this shaft has a pinion 6 fixed thereto and meshing with a ,gear ,if `whichis mounted to rotate on a stubshat 8" projecting from a iframe member `9.` 4This gear-7. meshes withuanother gear V10 i aboutthe stubshaft 11.,

Power is transmitted to the machine through a clutch which is controlled by a lever 12 commonly known' as the drop bar. The lett-hand end, Fig. 1, of this lever is mountedto move in a. 4slot 13ormed in a bracket 14 secured tothe machine frame,

which rotates loosely c yand it is normally held in its upper or operative position, as Yshown. in the drawmgs, by a weighted latch 15 which is pivoted on the frame at 16., This latch is auto matically'thrownout at the completion of each lap, and'when son movedl itallows the bar 12 to drop, thus v'operating the clutch and stopping the machine.

connections between the sha t 2 and the gear 1'0 just described, the gear for this purpose This automatic movement of the latch 15 is roduced by the carrying a pin 17 which yengage'sa dog y18 to drop and throw out the clutch thus stopping the machine.

The construction'above described, so far as general organization is concerned, is not substantially different romthat heretofore stop mechanism just described to perform` the counting operation. 10, however, for Athe purposes of this invention, do not have the saine number of teeth, but one gear preferably has one Amore tooth than the other. 'Preferably the gear 10' has used, and the present invention, utilizes the The gears 7 and Y lua forty-nine (49) teeth and the gear 7 has" `fifty (50) teeth, although any other suitable ratio `could be used. The gear 10, as stated 'im f to give an indication of the ynumber of laps io above, makes one rotation for eachlap. Cony sequently, the gear 7 will stop, at the conip'letion of each lap, one tooth behind its position When the previous lap was coinpleted. Theifacev ofthis gear is suitably graduated to forma dial, and a pointer 22, which may consist simply of a projection from the frame 9, cooperates With this dial with this dial. VIt Willffalso be appreciated that the embodiment ofthe invention above described is susceptible of modification Without departing from the spirit or scope of this invention. For instance, the dial and pointl Y er can be reversed, thev dial being stationary and the pointer vrotating With the gear, al-

though thisfconsti'uction obviously .is i the equivalent of that shown. -V l Having thusdesc-ribed my invention, what I desire to claim as new is:

In a lap winding machine having an auto? matic stop mechanism including a drop bar, a latch for releasably holding said bar and a gear operating at yeach revolution to actuate means to trip said `latein-a lap countercomprising a second gear ineshingwith the iirst gear, one ot'isaid gears having one v more tooththan the other, a dial on .the face of the second gear, and a stationary 'pointer cooperating With said dial, whereby the difference Vin rotation of the two gears will cause said dial-and pointerto indicate the number' of actuations of said stop mechanismand thereby to indicate the number of laps produced'bythe machine.

MAURICE D. NoLET. 

